Title :
Wavelength conversion towards Rayleigh backscattering tolerant PONs via four-wave mixing in SOA-based ONUs
Author :
Schrenk, Bernhard ; Lazaro, Jose A. ; Prat, Josep
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
Wavelength shifting in PONs with downstream signal remodulation is presented, allowing upstream transmission over trees with 25 km feeder and 1:32 split with penalties < 2 dB, originally Rayleigh backscattering limited. Side-mode suppression is analyzed for hybrid PONs.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical feedback; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ONU; PON; Rayleigh backscattering; SOA; distance 25 km; four-wave mixing; side-mode suppression; signal remodulation; upstream transmission; wavelength conversion; wavelength shifting; Backscatter; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical fiber devices; Optical mixing; Optical network units; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
